INCHEON, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – After it has been named World Book Capital 2015 by an international committee of experts representing the book industry and UNESCO, the Incheon Metropolitan City is dreaming of a world-class book city as it seeks to broaden its international cultural exchange activities to that end. On October 8 (local time), Juergen [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A new color crayon product “Toru Glass Color” by Dong-A Pen Inc. is being sold in all locations of E-Mart stores nationwide from early October. The Toru Glass Color has been so popular among children that parents had to go to so many office supply stores to buy a 12-color [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom, a South Korean telecommunications operator, plans to develop lessons in computer coding to nurture future computer programmers. The telecommunications company announced that it would launch a Smart Robot Coding School, a program for software education by utilizing its smart robots, Albert and Atti. The operator recognized the importance [...]
![[Quote] Korea’s Private Ed Spending Highest among OECD Nations…Piketty](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Thomas-Piketty--800x441.jpg "[Quote] Korea’s Private Ed Spending Highest among OECD Nations…Piketty")
“Korea is one of the countries among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development members with the highest private education spending. As a way to relieve the problem of income inequality, you should consider raising the investment on public education.” “It is important to strengthen the public education system to make sure everyone in society [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – It appears that job seekers are having difficulty securing a position in the fields of culture, finance, and IT because there are not enough openings, whereas companies involving chemistry, materials, and machinery are having trouble finding a qualified person because there are not enough people to apply for a [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government expands scholarships to attract international elites from the ASEAN member countries. Education Minister Hwang Woo-yeo is taking all the necessary diplomatic steps to invite international students from the ASEAN member states while attending “the ASEAN Plus Three Education Ministers’ Meeting” in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the Ministry of Education [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Learning Korean craze expands across America. According to the Korean Education Center (KEC) in New York, which opened the Korean Language Institutes during the weekend across America starting September 6, a rising number of U.S. citizens have enrolled in the weekend classes to learn more about Korea. The weekend [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea was ranked No. 1 again in terms of the private share of public education cost among 34 Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development members for 14 consecutive years. According to the Ministry of Education on September 9 based on data released by the OECD, the ratio of public education [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A government official flying over from Singapore won the top prize on ‘Quiz on Korea,’ a quiz show in which foreigners around the world compete against one another about facts or knowledge relating to Korea. Cohosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 6 (Korea Bizwire) –Next-generation’s leaders from 24 countries will come together in the U.S. next month as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. State Department’s initiative to foster international civic and citizenship education and promote and exchange various ideas from the oncoming generation of leaders around the world. As with South [...]